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Patented Aug. 18,1885.

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DANIEL E. POYVERS, OF N ENV YORK, N. Y., ASSIGN OR, BY MESN E ASSIGNMENTS, TO THE PATENT PAPER OIG'AR BOX OOMPAN Y, OF SAME PLACE..

CIGARWBOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 324,589,ated Augustl, 1885.

Application filed December 30, 1884. (Model.)

To all whom t may concern,.-

`Be it known that I, DANIELE. POWERS, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigar-Boxes, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to a cigarbox co1nposed of paper or straw board, the body thereof consisting or a single piece of straw-board, and the box being of suflicient strength to withstand the usual pressure incident to the packing of cigars.

The object of this invention is to provide a box of this character, the corners of which are square, whereby the box has every appearance'of an ordinary cedar cigar-box.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a plan oi' the under side of a blank for the body of a box made in accordance with this invention. Fig. 21s a transverse section of this improved cigar-box. Fig. 8 is an enlarged section of'one side of the box and a portion of the bottom thereof, showing the peculiar `joint formed between said side and bottom. Fig. 4 is a perspective view o this improved cigarbox.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre sponding parts in the different iigures.

In the drawings, A represents the blank for the body of the box, and B the lid thereof. The blank A, composed of thick straw-board, or board composed of other suitable paperstock, is rectangular in shape, and recessed at its sides and ends. This blank comprises a rectangular bottom section, a, rectangular side iiaps, b, rectangular end flaps, c c, and re-enforcing square or rectangular semi-end flaps, d d d d, attached to the ends of the rectangu' lar side flaps. The side iiaps, Z1 b, are partially severed from the bottom a, to which they remain attached, by means of parallel longitudinal scores z z, which are cut or impressed in the blank at points distant from the recessed edges thereof nearly equal to the interior depth of the box to be formed. The rectangular end flaps, c c, are partially severed from the bottom a, to which they remain attached, by the parallel transverse scores y y,

which extend from the ends thereof and in 6o line therewith to the under edges of the blank; and said semi-end iiaps are partially severed from the side iiaps, b b, to 'which they remain attached, by short transverse scores w fw w w,

which extend inward from the side edge of the blank tothe cuts x x m .fr at right angles to said cuts, being the thickness of the blank nearer to the outer edges of the end flaps, 0,0, than the transverse scores z/ y. The recesses u a in the side flaps, b b, extend between points 7o opposite the transverse scores y y, said side ilaps being thereby provided with square pieces e Ie c. The recessesg/ y, at the ends of the blank, extend between the longitudinal cuts x x, whereby the said end i'laps, d d, are' 75 made to project endwisebcyond the end ilaps, c c, a distance about equal to the thickness of the paper-board of which the blank is formed.

In forming the box from the blank thus described, the end flaps, c c, are folded at right 8o angles to the bottom a on the line of the transverse scoresg/y. The side flaps, 727), are'folded at right angles to the bottom a on the lines of the longitudinal scores .e a, and the semi-end flaps,d, att-ached to the side iiaps are then folded 8 5 on the lines of the short transverse scores x x t x x over against the end flaps, e. In the folding of the naps in the ordinary manner, angular recesses are formed at the corners equal to about half Vthe thickness of the material, which 9.o

impart an unsightly appearance to the box when completed. This improved box is folded in such manner as to avoid this unsightly appearance, the sideiiaps, bb, and end flaps, c c,

being subjected to pressure or compression from their outer edges during the act of folding,whereby the connecting-web g of the material at the angle between the side iiaps and bottom is upset somewhat, so that the severed portions f of the edges of said side and end flaps roo The 55 side of the box.

become flush with the under surface of the bottom a, and in folding the semi-end flaps pressure is also put upon them at their inner edges so as to force theirpartially-severed outer edges out flush with the outer surface of the side flaps, b, the increasedlength of these end flaps enabling them to meet at the center of the box. The projections e in the side flaps,b, cover the upper portion of the ends of the end flaps, c,

and secure a ilush surface throughout the sides of the box. These semi-end flaps, d, together with the end iiaps, c, constitute the ends of the box, which are of double and uniform thickness throughout. The blank thus foldedand upset is properly cemented or pasted at the corners and covered with a layer, E, of paper, Which'hides the joints and assists in strengthening the box. Owing to the recesses in the sides of the blank along the side flaps, said side iiaps,when folded, are of less height than the ends of the box, which latter project above the sides a distance equal to the thickness of the cover B. The cover is attached at its rear edge by means of a ilexible cloth,or other suitable hinge, F, to the rear side of the box. A suitable catch or fastening device, D, is attached to the front edge of the lid and front When the lid is closed, it shuts between the end flaps, and its top surface is Hush with the upper edge thereof. As thus constructed the box is strong, cheap, durable, and symmetrical.

I claim as my invention- 1. A rectangular blank for cigar-boxes, recessed at its ends and provided with parallel longitudinal scores along the bottom section, with longitudinal cuts which are continuous with said longitudinal scores and extend from the ends of said scores to the end edges of the blank, With transverse scores which 'connect the meeting points of said longitudinal cuts and longitudinal scores, and with short transverse scores which extend from said longitudinal cuts to the side edges of the blank, and which are located endwise from the transverse scores a distance equal to the thickness of the blank, substantially as described.

2. A rectangular blank for cigar-boxes, recessed at its sides and provided with parallel longitudinal scores along the bottom section, with longitudinal cuts which are continuous with said longitudinal scoresand extend from the ends of said scores to the end edges of the blank, with transverse scores which connect the meeting points of said longitudinal cut-s and longitudinal scores, and with short transverse scores which extend from said longitudinal cuts to the side edges of the blank, and which are located endward from said transverse scores a distance equal to the thickness of the blank, the recesses in the sides of the blank extending between points opposite said transverse scores, substantially as described.

3. A box composed of paper-board, the bottom and sides of which are in one piece, the material being partially severed at the angles, the unsevered portions being upset, whereby a square corner is formed, substantially as described.

4. A box composed of paperboard and having double ends, the bottom, sides. and ends beingin one piece, the material being partially severed at the angles, the unsevered portion being upset at that point,whereby square corne1s are formed, substantially as described.

5. A box composed of. paper-board and provided with double ends extending above the sides and with a cover which shuts between said ends fiush with the upper edges thereof, the bottom, sides, and ends being in one piece, the inner layers of the material being integral with the bottom of the box and the outer layers thereof being longer than the inner layers and in sections integral with the sides of the box, the material being partially severed at the angles, the unsevered portions being upset, whereby square corners are formed, substantially as described.

DANIEL E. POWERS.

Vitnesses:

JOHN C. MARsHALL, MARY V. B. CHASE. 

